Jobs and Development Conference 2019
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| Daron Acemoglu (MIT), Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard) et al | |
| 6 June - 7 February 2019 (Hong Kong time, GMT +8) | |
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Washington DC |
Following the success of the 2016 and 2018 Jobs and Development Conferences in Washington DC and Bogotá, the World Bank in collaboration with IZA (Institute of Labor Economics) and the Network on Jobs and Development are organizing a follow up conference focused on “Improving Jobs Outcomes in Developing Countries.”
The call for papers has been concluded on 15 January 2019.
Program
Please refer to the conference's official website.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
The conference will feature these two keynote speakers:
JUNE 6, 2 PM
Daron Acemoglu (MIT): “Productivity, Work and Wages: Lessons for Developed and Developing Economies”
JUNE 7, 11 AM
Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard University): “Growth Diagnostics and Jobs”
ORGANIZERS
IZA – Institute of Labor Economics – Gary Fields and Ahmed Elsayed
The World Bank – Ian Walker and Yolaina Montoya
The Network on Jobs and Development (NJD) – Albert Park and Piotr Lewandowski
The Jobs and Development Conference was held in Washington DC in 2016, and Bogota, Columbia in 2018.
Find out more about IEMS' role in the Network on Jobs and Development here.
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